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CVE-2016-10496: In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9635M, SD…

CVE-2016-10496 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 15 affected products, including Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9635M, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, and SD 810, A NULL pointer dereference can occur during an SSL handshake.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected products

  • Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 210 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 212 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 205 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 410 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 412 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 450 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 615 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 616 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 415 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 625 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 650 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 652 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 808 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 810 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD

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